Juan de Vera

Juan de Vera (1453-1507) was a Spanish cardinal of the Catholic Church.

Biography
Juan de Vera was born in Alcira, Valencia, Aragon in 1453, a relative of Pope Alexander VI and his House of Borgia. He later moved to Rome and entered the service of his relative, serving as preceptor of his son, Cesare Borgia. In 1500, he was elected Archbishop of Salerno, and he was made a cardinal that same year. In 1503, Cesare Borgia announced that Vera was his candidate to become the next Pope, and he had the support of most of the other Spanish cardinals. However, Cardinal Piccolomini was elected "Pope Pius III", and Vera served as Camerlengo from 1504 to 1505 and as governor of Piceno and of Emilia. He died in Rome in 1507.